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It is sometimes claimed in popular discourse that the Constituent Assembly was dead set against the inclusion of sedition as a restriction on free speech and expression…
Continue reading The Indian position on the issue of sedition
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In my last piece, I had started a discussion on Section 124A of the IPC which deals with sedition…
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The law of sedition, specifically Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has been the subject of intense debate over the last few years…
Continue reading The colonial origins and constitutionality of ‘sedition’
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A few days ago, Uttarakhand witnessed yet another flood and I am not sure I want to call it a “natural disaster” which could give the impression that it wasn’t caused by human activity…
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These last few days the role of social media platforms, in particular Twitter, has been the subject of intense scrutiny owing to certain controversial hashtags/trends…
Continue reading Social media, free expression and competition law
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Over the past several weeks, a lot has been written about the farm laws, the concerns of farmers of a few States and the Central Government’s position…
Continue reading A soft state and judicial populism: A match made in hell
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Most indigenous societies, until afflicted by “modernity” owing to the European colonizer’s advent, shared a sacred and harmonious relationship with nature which was not seen merely as an object of conquest and possession…
Continue reading Indigeneity, land ontologies and ‘development’
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How does one determine the indigeneity of thought? Does this translate to recognition of the concept of terroir of a certain thought…
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For all practical purposes, it was a tussle between two ways of life and worldviews whose loci of origin and fealty were different and whose pathology and end goals couldn’t have been more different…
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Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is commonly known as the “Blasphemy” provision. Its origin story, while dark, is extremely interesting from a civilizational perspective…
